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Animals News tagged with cats

Burned Cat Recovering at Toledo Humane Society
Animals  (tags: animals, animalcruelty, abuse, cats, pets, rescued )

Maria
- 1 hour ago - abclocal.go.com
George was brought to the Toledo area humane society after being burned. His skull, face and paws are covered with serious injuries. In fact, most of his ears had to be removed. His eyes are still extremely swollen, but amazingly he has not lost his visio
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Puppy Adopts Litter of Kittens as Her Own
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, cats, dogs, pets, GoodNews )

Maria
- 1 hour ago - 3news.co.nz
A Chihuahua-fox terrier cross named Shyla has taken a shine to a litter of seven kittens, treating them as her own - despite the fact they are cats and she is a dog. It's tiring work being a mum of seven...especially if your babies are a
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Pet Cat Shot Four Times in Head and Leg
Animals  (tags: animals, animalcruelty, abuse, cruelty, cats, pets, rescued )

Maria
- 3 hours ago - fakenhamtimes.co.uk
Vets treating a cat after it was found by a road by servicemen from RAF Marham have said it may have to have a leg amputated and an eye removed after it was shot four times. The male cat, thought to be a house cat due to its friendly nature,
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Make Sure Your Pet's Microchip Is Registered and Up-to-Date
Animals  (tags: animals, dogs, cats, pets, protection, safety, AnimalWelfare )

Dee
- 1 day ago - capitalnews9.com
It's a painless, simple and safe procedure that guarantees if your pet gets lost you'll find your furry friend. But that cutting-edge microchip technology could fail. Dayana Perez tells us why.
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Has Texas Tech Quietly Stopped Killing Cats? TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, cats, labs, death, suffering, pets, protection, environment )

Cher
- 2 days ago - secure.peta.org
For more than 20 years, Odessa Animal Control in Odessa, Texas, has been selling cats to Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) for use in cruel medical training exercises. In the exercises, hard plastic tubes are repeatedly forced down
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Cruelty To Animals Arrest
Animals  (tags: animalcruelty, crime, slaughter, sadness, cats, killed, neighbors, scared to death, pets, animalwelfare )

Barbaroca
- 2 days ago - wlos.com
Neighbors of Haywood County community are shocked when cats are killed, mutilated, and lef on a porch and a mailbox. It happened in Bethal community near Canton. Deputies have arrested Brandon Matthews and charged him with cruelty to animals.
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Cat De-Claw Bans Continue to Gain Momentum Across California
Animals  (tags: animals, cats, declaw, bans, California, environment, habitat, pets, protection )

Cher
- 2 days ago - examiner.com
Following the passage of recent bans on cat de-clawing in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Beverly Hills and Santa Monica, several other California cities and counties now are looking into similar ordinances, The New York Times reports. Among the
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Cat Tied to Washing Line Put Down
Animals  (tags: animals, animalcruelty, abuse, crime, death, cats, pets, sadness, suffering )

Maria
- 3 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Lily, a grey long-haired cat, had been tied to the line by a length of cord which was knotted around her waist in Beccles, Suffolk. The animal was found on 6 November but, despite treatment for her injuries, the four-year-old cat was put to
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Man Gets 30 Days In Jail For Beating, Leaving Cats
Animals  (tags: animals, animalcruelty, abuse, cruelty, cats, pets )

Maria
- 3 days ago - wcco.com
Ryan Wolcott, 25, had also been charged for abandoning three other cats his girlfriend owned. One was a kitten, which he allegedly tortured by putting pepper spray in its eyes.
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Abused Kitten Sticky Finds New Home
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, cats, pets, rescued, GoodNews )

Maria
- 3 days ago - birminghammail.net
Officers discovered two eight-week-old kittens abandoned in a box outside Thornhill Road station in Handsworth last month. One was covered in glue and the other had severe spinal injuries thought to have been caused by someone kicking it.
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Help Stop Utah Animal Shelters From Selling Dogs and Cats to Lab ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, dogs, cats, labs, environment, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 3 days ago - secure.peta.org
A recent PETA undercover investigation at the University of Utah revealed that each year, more than 100 homeless cats and dogs from government-run animal shelters in Utah are sold to the university for use in cruel and deadly experiments.
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RSPCA Cat Rehoming Centre Appeals for Help
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, pets, dogs, cats )

Cher
- 3 days ago - rspca.org.uk
The RSPCA Bluebell Ridge Cattery in Hastings is appealing for help from Sussex people to raise £150,000 to keep the centre open.
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Why Buying a Pet From a Pet Store Isn't a Good Choice
Animals  (tags: AnimalWelfare, animalrights, animals, cats, dogs, humans, protection, pets, rescued, society )

Daphna
- 3 days ago - ecosalon.com
When my husband and I were about to move to our new place, I told him I'd like to get a cat, so we planned to adopt one. We didn't get that far, however, because as soon as the landlady unlocked the front door to let us in to our new place, a skinny littl
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Shot Kitty Is Left Fighting for Her Life
Animals  (tags: animals, animalcruelty, abuse, crime, cruelty, cats, pets )

Maria
- 4 days ago - sunderlandecho.com
Heartless thugs shot cute cat Kitty in the head, leaving her fighting for her life. Natasha Smith, 24, has been left heartbroken and saddled with hefty vets bills after discovering her one-year-old cat had been blasted by air rifle-toting
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Urgent! Please Help. Cats & Dogs Getting Killed By Poison in a Very Cruel Way ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, cats, dogs, killing, protection, pets, suffering )

Cher
- 4 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Hurghada is a growing tourist town at the Red Sea in Egypt. The city has a lot of stray dogs and cats. The government and private people try to get red of them by dropping toxic baits on the street. This is very cruel for the animals an very dangerous
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